Scientific Knowledge Under Pluralism
31 March - 1 April 2017
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
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PROGRAM
DAY ONE, Friday March 31.
8:30 |
Breakfast |
9:00 |
Welcome & Introduction: Anjan Chakravartty (Notre Dame) |
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Session 1 Chair: Kareem Khalifa (Middlebury) |
9:30 |
Matthew J. Brown (U. of Texas at Dallas)
“Pluralism, Realism, and Values in Scientific Metaphysics”
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10:10 |
David Glick (Oxford)
“Pluralist Structural Realism” |
10:50 |
Coffee Break
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Session 2 Chair: Mazviita Chirimuuta (Pittsburgh HPS) |
11:20 |
Nina Atanasova (U. of Toledo)
“Convergent Perspectivism: A Model of Integration in Neuroscience” |
12:00 |
Louise Daoust (U. of Pennsylvania)
“Pluralism, Realism and Color Science” |
12:40 |
Lunch (On Your Own)
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Session 3 Chair: Catherine Kendig (Michigan State U.) |
2:10 |
Matthew Baxendale (Central European U.)
“Resisting the Reductionist Retreat: Towards a Pluralism of Research Strategies” |
2:50 |
P.D. Magnus (U. at Albany, SUNY)
“Does pluralism about natural kinds have to be superficial and anti-realist? (Spoiler: No)”
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3:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 4 Chair: Haixin Dang (Pittsburgh HPS) |
4:00 |
Samuel Cusimano (U. of Michigan) & Beckett Sterner (Arizona State U.)
“Integrated Pluralism for Biological Function” |
4:40 |
Justin Donhauser & Jamie Shaw (Rotman Institute of Philosophy)
“What Theoretical Ecology Reveals about Knowledge Transfer”
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5:20 |
Stretch |
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Session 5 Chair: Yann Benetreau-Dupin (Center for Philosophy of Science) |
5:30 |
Keynote I: Michela Massimi (U. of Edinburgh)
"What is Perspectival Pluralism?" |
DAY TWO, Saturday April 1
9:00 |
Breakfast |
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Session 1 Chair: Agnes Bolinska (U. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point) |
9:30 |
David Stump (U. of San Francisco)
“Fallibilism and the epistemic argument for pluralism”
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10:10 |
Collin Rice (Bryn Mawr)
“Universality and Multiple Conflicting Models”
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10:50 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 2 Chair: Porter Williams (Pittsburgh HPS) |
11:20 |
Stuart Glennan (Butler U.)
“Pluralism without tears: mechanistic ontology and the pluralistic character of scientific knowledge”
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12:00 |
Luis H. Favela (U. of Central Florida)
“Pluralistic Explanatory Practices for an Ontologically Pluralistic World” |
12:40 |
Lunch (On Your Own)
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Session 3 Chair: Alison Fernandes (Center for Philosophy of Science) |
2:20 |
Justin Humphreys (U. Pittsburgh)
“Local Indeterminacy” |
3:00 |
Eric Hochstein (Washington U., St. Louis)
“Why Scientific Pluralism Requires an Ontological Monism” |
3:40 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 4 Chair: Anjan Chakravartty (Notre Dame) |
4:10 |
Georgie Statham (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute)
“Interventionism and Scientific Pluralism” |
4:50 |
Stretch |
5:00 |
Keynote II: Sandra Mitchell (Pittsburgh HPS)
"Pluralist Metaphysics: Stability, Contingency and Reliability" |
6:00 |
Adjourn |
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The Center for Philosophy of Science
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